100 Word Description: A modern, inviting, functional structure for a private soccer club and spectators. The design is low and horizontal, in deference to the geometric beauty of the playing field. Teams pass through a stone entry wall into a central breezeway and are greeted with a breathtaking view of the soccer field. Deep roof overhangs create “porches” on the building’s entry and field sides. An outdoor gathering area at one end of the building includes a stone fireplace for after-game and other social gatherings.
Architect’s Statement: The client wanted a carefully made, but unostentatious, pavilion for its soccer club and guests. We thought of the pavilion as a quiet, hip-roofed wall that would create a sense of entry and arrival to the soccer field. Changing rooms are separated by gender, windows open for cross ventilation, and radiant heating panels warm the porch areas in chilly weather. We sited the building in response to the climate: The central breezeway is oriented to catch prevailing breezes in summer and the south porch is shaded in summer and warmed by the sun in winter.
Type of Construction: A standing-seam metal roof reflects heat from the sun in summer. Other materials include native stone walls and North Carolina bluestone floors and hearthstone, cypress siding installed as a rain screen, cypress tongue-in-groove ceilings and soffits, and ground concrete floors. Infrared heaters in the porch ceilings provide radiant heat on chilly days. Rainwater from the roof is captured in drywells and retained on site.
